Burgess Panama Canal official dies in Hot Springs hospital
Brigadier General Harry Burgess, governor general of the Panama Canal Zone, died at the Army and Navy hospital in Hot Springs Arkansas at age 60. Separately in Denver a priest, two nuns and three students were reportedly missing amid a mountain blizzard after departing Idaho Springs for the city.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Harry Burgess
Panama Canal Zone
Army and Navy
Denver
Colo
Idaho Springs
Here
Fight in Fowler's Office Ends Without Injuries
The fight occurred in Fowler's office after the lie was passed. Neither man was hurt. Witnesses said the sheriff, larger than Fowler, restrained Fowler, and the chairman's blows did not land.
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Fowler
Stockholders to be Asked Give Approval
NEW YORK, Mar 18. Stockholders of the American Tobacco Company will be asked at the annual meeting on April 5 to ratify approve and firm allotments of stock previously made to employees who were officers or directors. The company seeks to have stockholders approve all acts of management in connection with the employer stock subscription plan approved originally July 1930. Resubmission was decided because of suits by minority stockholders seeking to enjoin the plan.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
George W. Hill
Tax Collections Jump in March Totals Rise
Income tax receipts on March 16 reached 35,585,679, up from 15,659,901 the day before, but far below the 65,611,451 collected on March 16, 1932. The 16 day total is 69,667,920, versus 44,701,384 a year ago, as treasury extends March 15 deadline due to banking conditions.
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Washington
Mar
Treasury
Roosevelt Beer Bill Heads to Roosevelt for Signature Monday
Speaker Rainey indicated conferees from the Senate and House would agree Monday on the 3.2 or 3.05 percent beer limit to send the bill to President Roosevelt by nightfall. Senator Harrison predicted beer sales by April 4 or 5 with debates over restricting sales to youths and applying a model DC law for states to follow. An injunction against beer sales is planned by Dr. Clarence True Wilson and allied prohibition groups, likely to reach the Supreme Court after the bill takes effect in early April.
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Washington
Mar
Rainey
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Smilar
Harrison
Miss
District of Columbia
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance and Public Morals
Supreme Court
Wilson
Prohibition Forces
Fight For Prohibition
Treasury Officials Get Hoarders Names
The Federal Reserve Board began receiving lists from Federal Reserve Banks of individuals who withdrew sizeable sums in the last two years. Officials declined to comment on the lists but said the action targets hoarders.
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Treasury
Washington, Mar
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Bower and Kaufmann Shuts Philadelphia Plant
Bower and Kaufmann Inc. ends operations at its Blair street and Columbia avenue plant in Philadelphia. Fine gauge machinery is moved to other factories while coarser gear is sold. Main office at Columbia avenue and Front street remains as distribution hub. New York office continues as sales center with stock kept in the Pacific Building in San Francisco.
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Philadelphia
Bower & Kaufmann, Inc
Blair Street
Columbia Avenue
Daily News-Record
Front Street
New York
Pacific
San Francisco
Believe America Ready To Accept Soviet Russia
President Roosevelt avoids stating his view on recognizing the Soviet Union amid growing talk in Washington that U S-Russia friendliness is easing. Davis may meet Litvinoff at Geneva. Americans foresee quicker ties once ice dissolves, driven by Russian markets and tariff trade potential. Davis travels to Geneva as American chairman with ambassadorial rank to represent the president.
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Charles Stephenson Smith
Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Russia
Moscow
Norman H. Davis
Maxim Litvinoff
Geneva
Soviet Russia
Hugh 8
Gibson
Belgium
Henry L. Stimson
Hoover
Litvinoff
Stimson
Karl Radek
Davis
Move to Create Central Hosiery Sales Group Lifts Mood
March 18 report from Philadelphia notes hosiery makers eye a central sales organization following a US Supreme Court coal decision. Executives of Full Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturers of America and the National Association weigh early action at the knitting arts convention in April. In Paris a deputy proposed paying 19 million dollars in interest to the United States, framing the move as international solidarity amid a broader financial crisis.
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Philadelphia
U.S. Supreme Court
Daily News Record
Joseph Haines, Jr
National Association of
William Meyer
Supreme Court
Association
Paris
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Rene Richard
Herriot
Orhe Thale
United States of America
France
Richard
Painleve
Foreign Affairs Committee
M. Herriot
Louis-Jean Malcy
League of Nations orders Peruvians to quit territory
In Geneva on March 18 the League of Nations council unanimously adopted a report condemning Peru's occupation of territory ceded by treaty to Colombia and demanding immediate evacuation. Colombia accepted the report. Peru asked for inquiries instead of adoption.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
Peru
Colombia
Gastonia Banker Freed With Bond
Thomas B. Carpenter, charged with embezzling about 20 000 from the First National Bank of Gastonia, was released on 15 000 bond after voluntarily confessing to a bank shortage. Federal warrant led to his arrest following the confession.
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Gastonia
Thomas B. Carpenter
First National Bank of
Liberty
Carpenter
University ordered to show cause in case on Hocutt admission
Judge M W Barnhill ordered UNC registrar Thomas J Wilson to show cause in Durham on March 24 why a writ of mandamus should not compel admitting Thomas R Hocutt a Durham Negro to the university school of Phi ar legal right to bar Negroes from matriculation Hocutt sought admission after rejection by Wilson and filed for a mandamus petition Barnhill fixed the hearing for 3 30 p m next Friday
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University
Durham
M. W. Barnhill
Thomas J. Wilson, Jr
University of North Carolina
Thomas R. Hocutt
Daniels Takes Oath of Office in Mexico Ambassadorship
North Carolina's Josehpus Daniels was sworn in as ambassador to the Republic of Mexico by his brother Judge Frank Daniels in Raleigh. Chief Justice Walter Stacy and Attorney General Dennis Brummitt attended as the family and local officials celebrated. Daniels plans to study Mexican affairs in Washington before his Mexico City posting, spending about two weeks at the state deck.
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Robert L. Thompson
Raleigh
North Carolina
Jo’ Dan
Republic of Mexico
Frank Daniels
Golds- C
State Supreme Court
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Walter Stacy
Dennis G. Brummitt
Brummitt
Josehpus Daniels
Ambassador Daniels
Stacy
Frank Dani
Raleigh News and Observer
Danre
Car Loadings Decline In Week Ended March 11
The American Railway Association reports revenue freight loadings for the week ended March 11 at 437 813 cars, down 40 014 from the prior week and 127 668 from the same week last year.
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Washington
Mar
American Railway Association
Organized Peace Must Come At Once MacDonald States
OSTIA Italy March 18 Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain arriving for Rome talks with Mussolini said peace must be organized quickly if it is to succeed. He spoke after alighting from a Balbo piloted plane and before traveling by train from Genoa.
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Ostia
Italy
MacDonald
Great Britain
Rome
Mussolini
Italo Balbo
Genoa
Geneva
John Simon
North Carolina Divorce Laws Amended
North Carolina lawmakers extended the two year separation grounds to both aggrieved and unaggrieved spouses. The senate approved the measure 27 to 14 on second reading, followed by oral enactment in the House. The bill becomes law upon ratification.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
Senate
Roaring endorsement from LL Rogers on Congress reform
LL Rogers writes from Santa Monica on March 17 praising Congress for reforming after Roosevelt's daily task lists. He claims lawmakers act like U S citizens, not senators, and credits Roosevelt with guiding a kinder government menu. He asserts no radical malice in lawmakers, just need for leadership.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Mar
Congress
U. S
Cherry and Bowie Force Budget Shift in North Carolina
Gregg Cherry of Gaston and Tom Bowie of Ashe led the anti sales tax faction in the North Carolina House as they pushed a 1933 35 budget of 73 million dollars backed by Governor Ehringhaus. The Senate sought a balanced approach tying tax policy to a sales tax plan and an eight month term.
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Robert L. Thompson
Associated Press
Raleigh
Gregg Cherry
Gaston
Tom Bowie
Ashe
House of Representatives
Ebringhaus
House
Cherry
Bowie
Senate
MacLeam
Beaufort
Hool
Kin
Rankin
MacLean
Hanes
Forsyth
Hindale
Wake
Jap Patrol Annihilated by Chinese Forces
A Japanese patrol was annihilated near Fanchinkow after engaging a superior Chinese force in days of fighting at Hsifengkow. No death toll was reported, but bodies were recovered by another Japanese patrol.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Hsifengkow
Great Wall Passage
Fanchinkow
Relief for small home owners tied to farm bill advances
Washington reports a new farm bill proposing a general banking system for farmers to aid relief efforts. Senator Smith and Secretary Wallace discussed rapid introduction while Senator Nye predicted an administration refinancing plan for agriculture and small home owners. House leaders expect passage next week as six national farm groups urge approval.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Smith
8. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Farm Board
Nye
N. D
Roosevelt
Dakota
Heft
Burns
House
Agriculture Committee
Luther Appointed U S Ambassador to the United States
Berlin reports Hans Luther, former Reichsbank president and brief chancellor in 1925 1926, appointed German ambassador to the United States to succeed Friedrich Wilhelm Von Prittwits. Luther, 54, has also served as finance minister in 1923 and led the Reichsbank since 1930.
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Berlin
Hans Luther
Reichsbank
United States
Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwits
Congress Vows No Recess to May First
Congress and President Roosevelt agree on a continuous session through May 1 to push the New Deal program. Early measures include beer revenue and economy bills, with farm relief, rail, banking reforms, and broader employment schemes to follow. The plan aims to raise revenue and cut expenses to fund ongoing relief efforts while advancing reforestation and public works initiatives.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Roosevelt
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